Tozenji - Taito City

To Edo Roku Jizo, No. 4 Soto Sect Tozenji I heard. Looking at the old map of Edo, Tozenji-san It faces the old Oshu Highway. Higashiasakusa, modern road No. 464, during the Edo period It is written as Yamayacho. What is the current location It's a little off. Jizo is sitting in front of the gate. When you look up at the lotus seat, it's quite big I can see it. The temple is a modern building Under the Jizo-sama's collective punishment is also a marble base It's shiny. When you turn the corner in a residential area You can see Jizo's umbrella over the wall. You'll know right away. By the way The statue of the couple on the left of Jizo is Ginza Kimuraya Kimura Yasubei and his wife who made Anpan That's right. Anpan and milk, nostalgic ... The parking lot is in front of the temple and priority is given to Danya.

In a residential area The gate is closed Open yourself and close the door I got two kinds of red seals Shakyamuni Buddha Oedo Rokujizoson

One of the 6 Edo Jizo. A big Jizo in the sky of Akiei.

One of the Edo Roku Jizo still exists.

It is said that Tozenji was founded by Geshu Washo and was founded in 1624 by the founder of Tetsuju Washo. The "Copper Jizo Bodhisattva Statue" enshrined in front of the main hall is one of Edo Rokujizo and is a tangible cultural property designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. He has a gentle expression and is healed. Thank you very much, I got the stamp of "Edo Rokujizoson".

Tozenji Temple on Mt. Doun. It is a temple of the Soto sect. The statue of the Bodhisattva Bodhisattva, one of the six Edo Roku Jizo statues, is in front of you, which is quite impressive. The Jizo Bodhisattva sitting statue is a tangible cultural property designated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government.

Among the many Jizo statues around Teramachi Sanya, the one most familiar to the locals is Edo Roku Jizo at Tozenji Temple. It is a huge Jizo who wears a manju hat, holds a jewel in his left hand, and a wand in his right hand, and sits down in the middle of the front of the temple. It is said that the founder of Rokujizo, which was built to protect the Edo Kaidoguchi, was Jizobo Masamoto in Fukagawa. It is said that he applied for the construction of Rokujizo from a sudden motive, and took 12 years from Hoei 3 (1706) to complete six Jizo statues at the entrance of the Edo period. There are no special fairs for Rokujizo, but it seems that the number of people visiting is increasing recently. An interesting thing is written in the description of "Ask the Shitaya / Asakusa Historic Site". It is said that Jizobo Masamoto, who built Rokujizo, was a transformation of Yaoya Oshichi's lover Sabei, who is also famous for Kabuki. There is also a tradition that Rokujizo was built to comfort the spirit of the stake. According to a story I heard from Mr. Hojo of Tozenji Temple, in the old days of Edo, the area around the temple, up to Yoshino Street, was the area of ​​the temple. It seems that the back of the temple was the main hall. The old map managed by the temple and shrine magistrate's office during the Edo Shogunate era still exists and can be downloaded from the database of the National Diet Library, and it seems that the map shows the size of the Tozenji temple site at that time. On the left side of Rokujizo, there is a couple statue of Yasubei Kimura and his wife Beech, the founder of Ginza Kimuraya Sohonten, who is said to be the inventor of Anpan. It seems that the grave of the original "Kimura Yasubei" of the sign (fucho = a secret word that signals the price of the transaction) used in the vegetable market is also in Tozenji.

Tozenji is a temple of the Soto sect. It was opened in 1624 (the first year of Kanei) by Osho Tetsushu. There is a sitting statue of Jizo Bodhisattva in the precincts. This is one of the "Edo Roku Jizo" and was built in 1710 (Hoei 2nd year) as the second statue. The Jizo of this temple is not plated like other Jizo, but is painted with lacquer and gold leaf. There is a statue of Mr. and Mrs. Yasubei Kimura, the founder of Kimuraya (currently Kimuraya Sohonten) who invented Anpan, which is undergoing restoration work in 1999 (Heisei 11). Is that The nearest stations are Minamisenju and Minowa stations, but you can walk from either station. (17-20 minutes) I also asked for Edo Roku Jizo. It is amazing that this big Jizo has existed since the Edo period. It is also a nice discovery that there is an image of the founder of Kimura Anpan.